C.haswon D.hadwon

9. Between 2014 and 2017, courts nationwide　　　1,529 cases in which defendants were accused of using the Internet to interfere with a person's privacy.

A.have heard B.had heard

C.have been hearing D.heard

10. A massive cyber-attack using tools believed 　　　from the US National Security Agency (NSA) has struck organizations around the world.

A.to be stolen B.to have been stolen

C.being stolen D.to steal

第二节 任务型阅读

　　An Extension of the Human Brain

　　Other people can help us compensate for our mental and emotional deficiencies (欠缺), much as a wooden leg can compensate for a physical deficiency. To be exact, other people can extend our intelligence and help us understand and adjust our emotions. When another person helps us in such ways, he or she is participating in what I've called a "social prosthetic (义肢的) system". Such systems do not need to operate face-to-face, and it's clear to me that the Internet is expanding the range of my own social prosthetic systems. It's already a big bank of many minds. Even in its current state, the Internet has extended my memory and judgment.

　　Regarding memory: Once I look up something on the Internet, I don't need to keep all the details for future use-I know where to find that information again and can quickly and easily do so. More generally, the Internet functions as if it were my memory. This function of the Internet is particularly striking when I'm writing;I'm no longer comfortable writing if I'm not connected to the Internet. It's become natural to check facts as I write, taking a minute or two to dip into PubMed,Wikipedia, or other websites.

Regarding judgment: The Internet has made me smarter in matters small and large. For example, when I'm writing a textbook, it has become second nature to check a dozen definitions of a key term, which helps me dig into the core and understand its meaning. But more than that, I now regularly compare my views with